Professor Dr. Lori Curtis

Biography

Lori J. Curtis is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Waterloo. She holds a Nursing Diploma from Durham College and has earned a B.Sc (Honours Economics) from Trent University, an M.A. in Economics from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University, graduating in 1998. Her research specializes in Health Economics, Labour Economics, Social Policy, and Applied Microeconometrics. Before joining the University of Waterloo, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Community Health Epidemiology at Dalhousie University and served as Assistant Director of the Applied Research Analysis Division at Health Canada. Additionally, she held a Canada Research Chair from 2005 to 2009 and currently directs the South Western Research Data Centre on campus. Her early studies explored the well-being of women and children, focusing on health determinants, utilization, and economic evaluation. Today, her research examines public policy's effect on health and well-being, particularly for marginalized populations. She has published extensively on topics related to economic mobility, health care utilization, and social transfers, contributing significant insights to the field of economic evaluation in health policy.

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